Improved compound for stuffing and tanning hides



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Letters Patent No. 104,719, dated J'mwQ-S, 1870'.-

ELI HU ENGLAN or Mos'sYoREEK, TENNESSEE.

- IMPROVED eoMPoUNp eon s'r'urrme AND TANNING HIDES.

The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whomiitmayconcern: p

Be it known that I, ELIHU ENGLAND, of the village of Mossy Creek; iirthe countyot' Jefferson and State of. Tennessee, have discovered a new and use ful Compound to be used as a Studio}; in theProcess of Tanning Hides; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description .of thesame.

Myinvention relates to the process of tanning hides of animals, and consists in a novel compound of materials designed to serve as st-nifing, andespecially adapted for use inthe process secured to me by Letters Patent of Maroh29,l1870.

i My composition forgstnfiing is forlned as follows, namely: a y Ltake one pound of tanners oil, one pound of woodtar, and fonr pounds of soap,and mix them thorough- 1y together. When thus prepared, the mixture is I The compound above described is intended especially for use in stuifing skins before the application of tannin thereto, the object being torelnove or destroy the adipose tissues of the skin by means of the stufling, and prepare the fibers for the reception of th tannin. Y a i 1- do not claim, broadly, the use of wood-tar for tanning-purposes, as I am aware other inventors have nsed'that substance for tanning; but WhatI claim as my invention is The composition herein described, to be used as stuifing prior to, and as a preparation for tanning, in the process described in my patent of March 29, 1870. ELIHU ENGLAND.

Witnesses:

P. M. CHURCHMAN, R. H. As'HMoRE, 

